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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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